JDC Literature Review
The JDC literature review contains summaries of recent publications and academic scholarship on issues relating to forced displacement.
Profiteers of Migration? Authoritarian States in Africa and European Migration Management
Under the banner of “combating the root causes of migration”, cooperation with countries of origin and transit countries is being promoted to reduce irregular migration to the EU. Development aid is being instrumentalized for migration policy purposes, and the...
European Policy Failure during the Refugee Crisis: Partial Empowerment, Reluctant Agents, a Cacophony of Voices, and Unilateral Action
The author seeks to explain the EU’s policy failure during the refugee crisis, attributing it to four causes. First, a partial empowerment of supranational institutions on migration and asylum policy without clearly defined competences between the Council of the EU...
Prospects for the Global Compacts in Africa: Combining International Solidarity with Home-Grown Solutions
This brief article explores the prospects for the Global Compacts in Africa and considers whether they are ‘adapted to the realities and peculiarities’ of people movement in the region. The authors contend that some of the most significant refugee- and...
The Global Compacts and the Dilemma of Children in Immigration Detention
The article examines the interface of the Global Compacts with children in immigration detention. The author notes that there are at least four groups of children who might be caught in immigration detention: (1) child victims of trafficking; (2) asylum seekers or...
The Promise and Potential of the Global Compact on Refugees
Volker Turk reflects on the Global Compact on Refugees and its potential to shape collective approaches to refugee situations. He describes the context for the formulation of the Refugee Compact (increasing numbers of forced displacement, the majority hosted in...
The Global Compacts and the Future of Refugee and Migrant Protection in the Asia Pacific Region
The Asia Pacific region is generally under-represented in the 148 States that are now party to the Refugee Convention and/or the Protocol, even though historically it has played a significant role in receiving refugees and in contributing to solutions. The author...
The Global Cop-Out on Refugees
The Refugee Compact and its companion Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) seek to address the major failing of the 1951 Refugee Convention to establish a common operational mechanism to ensure that protection burdens and responsibilities are fairly shared...
The Normative Impact of the Global Compact on Refugees Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen
This article examines how the Refugee Compact relates to existing international refugee law and discusses its normative implications. The author begins by identifying several common features of existing ‘compact’ instruments: (a) a focus on multi-stakeholder...
Refugees and (Other) Migrants: Will the Global Compacts Ensure Safe Flight and Onward Mobility for Refugees?
The article discusses the delineation between the Migration Compact and the Refugee Compact, and the implications for refugee mobility. The author argues that the suppression of refugee mobility is a serious deficit in the global protection regime. She contends that:...
The Unfinished Work of the Global Compact on Refugees
The author notes that the (non-binding) commitment in the Refugee Compact for additional funding does not come with conditions that host States guarantee refugee rights, and he argues that an emphasis on ‘national ownership’ of the refugee response may create problems...